Transactional Accounts Assistant

Job Description

We're looking for a proactive and detail focused Transactional Accounts Assistant to join our Finance team in Manchester.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with experience across transactional finance who enjoys variety, takes pride in delivering accurate work, and wants to broaden their experience across Accounts Receivable, Banking and Accounts Payable.

Reporting to the Transactional Finance Manager, you'll play an important role in ensuring our day to day financial operations run smoothly, while working closely with colleagues across the wider business.

What you'll be doing:

Accounts Receivable

• Preparing and issuing sales invoices, credit notes and commission payment instructions
• Allocating customer receipts and investigating unallocated cash
• Resolving customer queries and carrying out credit control activities
• Maintaining accurate financial records and supporting documentation

Banking & Cash Management

• Processing daily cashbook transactions, ensuring accurate coding and posting within our finance system
• Investigating discrepancies, unreconciled items and timing differences
• Supporting monthly bank reconciliations
• Processing payments, including sundry and transfer offer payments to clients
• Supporting wider banking activities, including staff expenses, company credit cards and client compensation payments
• Processing monthly staff expenses

Accounts Payable

• Managing assigned Accounts Payable activities and associated controls
• Supporting supplier payment queries and wider AP processes
• Working within established purchase order and approval procedures
• Assisting with investigations across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Banking

Financial Controls

• Working in line with AJ Bell's financial control framework
• Identifying and escalating issues, discrepancies or process improvements
• Building positive working relationships across Finance and the wider business

About you:

You'll already have experience working within a transactional finance environment and understand how accurate financial processing supports the wider business.

We're looking for someone who is:

• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities and meeting deadlines
• Proactive, reliable and keen to take ownership of their work
• A confident communicator who enjoys working collaboratively
• Committed to maintaining high standards of accuracy and control

You'll also have:

• Experience working across Accounts Receivable, Banking and Accounts Payable
• Strong experience with invoicing, cash allocation and reconciliations
• Experience using an ERP finance system, such as NetSuite or similar
• Good Excel and general IT skills

It would be great if you have:

• Experience working within a regulated or highly controlled environment
• Experience processing high transaction volumes across multiple legal entities

Requirements

• Minimum of six GCSEs (or equivalent), including Maths and English at Grade C/4 or above
• Previous experience in a transactional finance role covering Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Banking

About AJ Bell  

AJ Bell is one of the UK’s fastest-growing investment platform businesses, providing award-winning solutions for everyone, from professional financial advisers to first-time investors.  

Today, over 723,000 customers trust us to manage more than £108.7 billion of assets. By continually striving to make investing simpler and more accessible, we’re helping more people take control of their financial futures.  

We’re proud to be recognised as one of the UK’s Best 100 Companies to Work For for six consecutive years, and a Great Place to Work® in 2025 and 2026 a reflection of our supportive and collaborative culture.  

What we offer  

• 26 days holiday, increasing with service + buy/sell scheme + bank holidays  
• 7% Pension with matched contributions  
• Discretionary bonus scheme  
• Share schemes (including free shares and BAYE)  
• Health Cash Plan and discounted private healthcare  
• Free onsite gym  
• Enhanced family leave (subject to qualifying criteria)  
• Travel and bike loan schemes  
• Employee Assistance Programme  

Life at AJ Bell  

• Regular social events including summer and Christmas parties  
• Learning and development opportunities tailored to you  
• Casual dress code  
• Friendly, supportive team environment  

Our ways of working  

We offer hybrid working, with a minimum of 50% of your working time per month spent in the office.  

For new starters, there’s an initial period of full-time office working to help you settle in and build relationships.  

Inclusion & diversity  

We’re committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels respected and able to be themselves at work.  

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and make hiring decisions based on skills, experience and potential.